The terrible
weather in England means I don't get many opportunities to look at the night sky, but I do
take every chance I get when it is clear. Here are just a few of the wonderful things
which can be seen up there.
The moon and planet
pictures were obtained by simply holding a digital camera over the eyepiece of the
telescope. The visual views are much sharper. The aurora photo was a 16 sec exposure
with a digital camera. Click on thumbnail to enlarge.
This X-ray Solar status monitor downloads data periodically from the NOAA Space
Environment Centre FTP server and can give advanced warning of solar flares. The icon is
updated every ten minutes with the current status.
Solar X-ray activity
